1. Personal Painting
Rachel C. Hayes

2. I would like to further investigate
my interest in women’s
work, patterns and visual
storytelling in a painting that
utilizes a specific color scheme
and direct painting approach. My
painting will synthesize various
patterns and colors as I create
layers to tell a story about anxiety
and lack of control.

4. Traditional women’s work of sewing & quilting
I am interested in the communal activity of quilting, as well as the use
and description of particular patterns and motifs.

5. Pattern Designs & Motifs

6. Quilts of Gee’s Bend
Patterns gone awry…
• Predictability to
unpredictability
• Order to chaos
• Calm to anxiety

7. Jacob Hashimoto
I am inspired by his bold use of pattern and color, as well as his
use of non-traditional surfaces and formats.

8. Jacob Hashimoto

9. Beatriz Milhazes
Article about Beatriz Milhazes found here referencing
the Pattern & Decoration Movement, as well as her creative
process.

10. Beatriz Milhazes Interview
found here

11. Barry McGee

12. “McGee’s paintings and drawings incorporate elegantly
draughted elements of figurative linework and repetitive
tessellations of geometric, abstract patterns which
synthesise found and invented source material. In both
formal and informal contexts, bold combinations of
colour, shape and knowledgably crafted graphic
elements sit against and beside one another, alive with
energy and empathy. His pictorial sense touches on the
global reach of unsanctioned art that takes place within
the fabric of urban architecture, but equally on Hispanic
and Latin-American decorative arts, and functional
graphics sourced from the post-consumer world.
Hundreds of uniquely painted panels and objects can
be fitted together, butted against one another in an
immersive, site-responsive hang that results from
McGee’s openly intuitive working method.”
Excerpt from Press Release from here

13. Media-inspired research: Pinterest

14. Media-inspired research: Flickr

17. Artwork (unfinished)…
yours would obviously
be finished.

18. Final Artist’s Statement to fit on 1 or 2 slides that
synthesizes your:
- Original proposal
- Research: Thumbnails & written brainstorming
- Inspirational artists & why you are inspired by
them
- Scholarly articles & links to their online sources
To describe your artistic voice and art piece

19. Requirements for Research PowerPoint:
• Black Background
• White text (Century Gothic)
• No slide transitions or PowerPoint effects
• Title Slide (1)
• Project Proposal (2)
• Thumbnail Sketches (3+)
• Images of artists/art periods/images that inform
your painting (Artist names & Titles as well)
• Linked Readings pertaining to your inspired
artists/periods. These can be
interviews, articles, essays about the artists. They
can also be about philosophy or other pertinent
topics.
• You may also excerpt readings, but they should
be cited if they are not web-based.
• Final image of your Completed Painting
• Artist Statement (1-2 slides)